> whether their ability to fight terrorism, drug and human trafficking, etc would get negatively impacted by limiting of those apps.
I seriously doubt it. First that I strongly disagree with the war on drugs. Second because, while human trafficking is certainly a problem, I think the scope of the problem is made out to be far larger than it is in actuality; it's often hand-waived for more security, more laws... but what are the actual yearly numbers of people trafficked?
If the FBI gets a warrant to find you using your phone, they don't need to install an app for that. If they want to see what's on the phone then surreptitiously installing an app isn't going to guarantee that either.
I seriously doubt it. First that I strongly disagree with the war on drugs. Second because, while human trafficking is certainly a problem, I think the scope of the problem is made out to be far larger than it is in actuality; it's often hand-waived for more security, more laws... but what are the actual yearly numbers of people trafficked?
If the FBI gets a warrant to find you using your phone, they don't need to install an app for that. If they want to see what's on the phone then surreptitiously installing an app isn't going to guarantee that either.